G-LCIO

Name: Star Flyer II

Type: Colt 240A

Serial number: 1381

First flown: 1989

Notes: Badly damaged after Trans Everest Flight on 21/10/91. This was one of two balloons to achieve the flight, one acting as a camera ship. Chris Dewhirst & Leo Dickinson G-LCIO T&C AX11-240 Andy Elson & Eric Jones G-LGIO T&C AX11-240 First flights over Mount Everest (Nepal to Tibetan plateau).

Credit: Richard Hands/BBM&L